Baseball (from base - base, and ball - ball) is a team sports game with a ball and a bat. The competition involves two teams of nine (sometimes ten) players each. Baseball appeared in the United States at the beginning of the XIX century. It is believed that the basis of the game was the English game "rounders". The first official match was held in 1820 in New York. At the moment, baseball is played in more than 120 countries around the world. Baseball is most popular in the United...